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WHS Health Fair
Waltham High School’s second annual health fair was a huge success! Over 800 students attended the May 4 event which was organized by health teacher Heather Metallides and the health classes. The gym was set up with information tables on topics important to teen health, such as skin cancer and …
article posted on May 14, 2012
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Healthy Halloween Treats
by Irena Kats (to download a list of healthy treat alternatives please click here! Happy Halloween!) Eating healthy during the Halloween season is not easy. It may seem hard to offer healthy Halloween treats to those cute, enthusiastic trick-or-treaters that come to your door in costume each year, especially when …
article posted on October 28, 2011
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Waltham City Council Approves Resolution to Join Let’s Move
The Waltham City Council and Mayor Jeannette McCarthy passed a resolution for the City of Waltham to join Let’s Move, the national campaign to address childhood obesity that was launched by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2010. The resolution was brought to the City Council by Healthy Waltham and passed …
article posted on July 13, 2011
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The Healthy Kid Challenge
Healthy Waltham’s April column for the Waltham News Tribune is by guest columnist Beth Toolan, Executive Director of the Waltham Partnership for Youth. Beth’s article talks about the challenges kids face today and some of the things we are doing in Waltham to keep them healthy. One of the many …
article posted on April 28, 2011
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Upcoming Events
- Kids to Parks Day
on May 19 2012 09:00 AM more »
